Georgia coach Mark Richt, not Saban, has produced the most impactful NFL talent over the last five years. According to Nationalfootballpost.com, Bulldog products have made 205 starts in the NFL since 2009. That’s the most of any team in the nation and 17 more than second-place Alabama. Southern Cal (179), Florida (162) and Wisconsin (160) and LSU (160) also are sending their fair share to the pros.

Indeed. Perhaps also adds validity to the Saban-players-are-all-used-up-by-the-time-they-hit-the-league theory. Regarding the UGA ranking, I’m not surprised they rank highly. The ranking will befuddle both those who question Richt’s overall recruiting body of work as well as apologists attribute his lack of titles to a David vs Goliath talent disparity.

This is far more an indictment of Richt and his inability to maximize talent than a compliment. Perhaps this will change now that Sheriff Pruitt is in town and Circus Clown Grantham is gone, but that remains to be seen.

Great statistic….but I’d be curious to know how those numbers translate to draft status. Guys like Marlon Brown, Dannelle Ellerby etc. Physically gifted guys that never played to full potential at UGA….undrafted free agents that ball out in the NFL. Plenty of others as well that I just shake my head at how productive they’ve been once they reach the league. Geno Atkins wasn’t taken until the 4th round another example

I don’t think that stat is correct – 205 starts over 5 years???
22 players per team x 16 games per team x 32 teams x 5 seasons = 56,320 3 players starting every game for 5 years would be 240 starts. I’d bet Staff, AJ, Champ, Seymour and TD have 205 starts alone over the last 5 years.

Actually looked at the article. It looks at 2013 starts only. UGA players had 283 starts total on 2013 and 205 came from players that entered the NFL in 2009 or later. That total led the league. As many fail to realize, being a good or even great college player does not make one a good or great pro player. See Tebow. The opposite is true as well – see the many HOFers who were drafted in the 4th round or later and never sniffed a college all-America team.

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“Being a student at Georgia and playing ball, I’ve definitely grown, widened my horizons and experienced things I never thought I would. I feel like I’ve grown on and off the field, and the university prepared me for that. I’ve done some awesome things and met some awesome people. I’ll definitely be back to finish my schoolwork, because that was a big priority for me and my family and weighed heavily on my decision. I know football won’t last forever. It’ll be great to come back and get that degree, so I can tell my kids about it one day.” — Roquan Smith, AJ-C, 3/7/18